Indonesia law - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:20:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Indonesia law - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/12/05/indonesia-set-to-make-sex-outside-marriage-punishable-by-jail/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 06:51:51 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=154988 Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or state institutions, prompting alarm from human rights campaigners. The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, said in an interview with Reuters that the new criminal code was expected to Read more

Indonesia set to make sex outside marriage punishable by jail... Read more]]> Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or state institutions, prompting alarm from human rights campaigners.

The deputy justice minister, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, said in an interview with Reuters that the new criminal code was expected to be passed on 15 December. "We're proud to have a criminal code that's in line with Indonesian values," he said.

Bambang Wuryanto, a lawmaker involved in the draft, said the code could be passed by as early as next week.

If passed, the code would apply to Indonesian citizens and foreign visitors, and introduce sweeping changes affecting a wide range of civil liberties.

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